"Chuck Wagon tonight!" That is a welcome cry, one heard in the vicinity of Beaubien. After varying degrees of rehydrated food, beef stew, biscuits, and sometimes cobbler are more than welcome. The "vat" is full of fire, making coals, which are stacked over and under the Dutch ovens, also in the vat. Fairmont, you know the sound they make - MmmM!
Fr. Mike 2 and I rode up the winding logging road to do services at "B" on Sunday, but decided it was underpublicized, and the census is way down - we've agreed on a couple of steps to make a better experience next year.
"Gather" hits its stride tomorrow. I'll be back at "B," in part to pick up tools of the "cons" crew stationed there all summer (no, not that kind of cons - "conservation!"). Trekkers spend several hours in service somewhere along the way, integral to the Philmont experience, as well as Scouting. After the big fire of '02, leadership decided to do some thinning of down timber, making less fuel (lightening strikes start small fires every year), but also in hopes of making remaining trees healthier. It is a kind of a lab for seeking the proper "balance of nature."
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